when you kill a fish, something happens. after you’ve lobbed its head off and are elbow deep in its entrails, after you’ve trimmed off its belly and collar for smoking, after you’ve slid your fingers followed by your smart blade down its spine to de-bone it, after you’ve partitioned the flesh into pieces to be… Continue reading

Warm beet flesh Joe’s knife feels just right Slicing to be pickled Crimson red slides off the cutting board under cool water doesn’t stain the wood but when I wash my hands I’m pink Continue reading

I get it now, why the saying “the sun will come out” is a good one. When you live with the sun your entire life, you don’t understand it. There isn’t anything special about it. But now I live in a place where it disappears for 9 months out of the year. Where it’s rare.… Continue reading

Just remembered. Why did I forget? And why am I remembering now, 15 years later? Ms. Stephanie played ocean wave sounds while we sprawled out in a deadman’s pose on the coarse carpet floor. Yoga was a competition to see who could hold the poses the longest, to see who could stretch the furthest. There… Continue reading

The stars will always be there. The GPS is at the whim of the government! – Peter Continue reading

In the dream I fucked her But that’s not the important part She met me with a mouth full of metal Ball bearings, batteries, barbed wire all wrapped in warm spit Tongues slipping, edging, gripping And I sucked on each piece – no chewing – heavy wiry acidic and swallowed. Continue reading

Boat people are rare. They’re the dirty and the smart! – Dad Montgomery Continue reading

Let’s remember – not EVERYONE is stupid. – Suzanne Continue reading

I wish I felt like this all the time 2 glasses of wine in and I feel right Me canta de Chile y me siento como si estuviera allí Estamos aquí sufriendo pero Estamos juntas Estas en Seattle cantando sobre el aire Y yo estoy aquí justo en el otro lado del agua y Andamos… Continue reading

I now know why people worship the sun She kisses my cheek warmly goodbye and I soak it all up before she’s gone Continue reading